Sequin impregnated paper



Aug. 16, 1960 c. c. BOLYARD SEQUIN IMPREGNATED PAPER Filed Nov. 22, 1955 1N VEN TOR. @waas 6251/5 5a mea 1 E/VEVS sEQUiN IMPREGNAIED PAPER Charles Cleve Bolyard, Paper Supply Co. Inc., 450 Seaton St., Los Angeles 13, Cahir'.

Filed Nov. 22, 1955, Ser. No. 548,432

4 Claims. (Cl. 162-181) This invention relates to sequin impregnated paper and process of making the same. Included in the objects of this invention are:

First, to provide ya paper product such as tissue paper and a method of its manufacture wherein randomly scattered sequins formed of metal or plastic foil are impregnated therein.

Second, to provide a tissue paper and method of manufacture in which the sequins are held in the paper by filaments of the paper overlying the surfaces of the sequins, the overlying filaments, however, being so few in number and density that the individual sequins are clearly visible from either side of the paper and their light-reflecting qualities are not appreciably impaired.

Third, to provide a method of manufacturing tissue paper wherein sequins are dispensed in the paper stuff while the stuff is in an agitated state prior to discharge of the stuff through the slice onto the cylinder or wire screen of the paper-making machine.

With the above and other objects in view, as may appear hereinafter, reference is directed to the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatical view illustrating one form of conventional apparatus employed in the handling of stuff from the stuff box to Ithe slice where it is deposited on a cylinder or wire cloth for manufacture into paper, and indicating the region in which sequins may be introduced;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view, representing a corner of a sheet of tissue paper impregnated with sequins;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary, greatly enlarged, sectional view, taken through 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a greatly enlarged plan View, showing one of the sequins as it appears in the paper;

Fig. 5 is an exaggerated sectional view of one of the sequins; and

Fig. 6 is an exaggerated sectional view similar to Fig. 3, showing -a plastic sequin.

In the manufacture of paper, whether the paper be tissue or wrapping paper, stuff comprising between 11/2 and 5% paper fibres and the rest 981/2 to 95% water is passed through several agitating, screening, and mixing processes, as it passes from the stuir box or beater box to the slice where it is deposited on a wire screen or cylinder, depending upon the type of paper to be made.

Devices for handling the stuff vary substantially. However, in all cases at one or several points in the process the stuif is agitated and at one or several points water is introduced. The water used is usually recycled water, obtained principally from the stuff in the process of converting it into paper.

For the purpose of illustration, one typical series of devices is illustrated in Fig. l, although the nature and construction of these devices vary considerably in the manufacture of paper.

As shown in Fig. l, the stuff is mixed in a beater box 1, then passes into a stud box 2, and from there into a mixing box 3, and from the mixing box 3 into a ilow box Patented Aug. 16, 1960 2 4 which may have a depressed discharge end 5 provided with a baie 6.

The stuff discharges from the ilow box 4 through a slice 7 onto a cylinder or wire screen 8. Water may be introduced at this point. For example, water may be added at the mixing or head box 3 through a nozzle or series of nozzles 9. In the region in which water is introduced, the stud? is under substantial agitation.

In the exercise of the present invention sequins are metered out into a limited flow of water from the nozzles 9 at the place of greatest agitation. The sequins may be sifted into the water from a trough 11. Alternatively, the sequins may be discharged by compressed air.

In any case, it is necessary that the sequins and the bres comprising the stuff be thoroughly intermingled so that the sequins are carried with the stuif in itsiiow through the flow box 4 and through the slice '7; Once the sequins pass through the slice with the stuff and onto the wire screen or cylinder, their positions in the stuff are relatively fixed and the stuff may be converted into paper in the conventional manner.

The sequins may be formed of anodized aluminum foil, as indicated by 12in Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5, or may be formed of various plastic materials, as indicated by 13 in Fig. 6. The sequins may vary in size from 1;/32 to 1A and may have any desirable configuration, that is, they may be circles, polygons, stars, or the like, as indicated in Fig. 2.

While the sequins may be impregnated in various types of paper, it is preferred that they be impregnated in tissue paper designated 14.

It is not necessary that the sequins be thinner than the normal thickness of the paper, they may actually be thicker than the paper. In either case, however, the sur face fibres or filaments of the paper extend over the surfaces of the sequins, as indicated by 15, and hold the sequins in the paper. However, the number and density of the fibres or filaments are insufficient to obscure the sequins so that the sequins are clearly visible from either side of the tissue paper.

By way of example, it has been found that sequins having a thickness of .0024 may be impregnated in tissue paper having a normal thickness of .0017". The added thickness of the fibres over the surfaces of the sequins may increase the thickness in these regions by a fraction of thousandths of an inch, for example, as little as .0001. These dimensions will, of course, vary with the thickness of the paper products and with the thickness of the sequins used.

inasmuch as a large number of sequins Iare used, it is not necessary that each one be ideally located relative to the surface. Therefore, if the paper is relatively thick the sequins may lay nearer one surface than the other. In such case, a random percentage of the sequins will be covered with an extremely thin layer of fibres or filaments so as to be clearly visible.

The sequins may be colored in any conventional manner, and may have light-reilecting surfaces, whether formed of anodized aluminum, plastic, or other material. The sequins may be all of a selected color or group of colors, or may be variegated colors, as desired.

While a particular embodiment oi this invention has been shown and described, it is not intended to limit the same to the exact details of the construction set forth, and it embraces such changes, modifications, and equivalents of the parts and their formation and arrangement as come Within the purview of the appended claims.

I claim:

l. An ornamented paper, comprising: a fla-t tissue paper sheet; and a multiplicity of small, individual sequins of a thickness approximately equal to the thickness of the tissue paper sheet set into the tissue paper sheet and disposed in a plane common to said sheet, said sequins being held by lanients of the paper extending over onto the opposite surfaces of the sequins, the number and density of such filaments being insufficient to impair visibility of the individual sequins from either Vside of said tissue paper sheet.

2. An ornamented paper as defined in claim 1, in which the dimension of the sequins in any direction in the plane of lthe sheet is in the range of about 2%2" to about 1A".

3. An ornamented paper, comprising: a at tissue paper sheet having a thickness of about 0017"; and a multiplicity of small, fiat-sided, individual sequins of a thickness of about .0024" set into the tissue paper sheet and disposed in the plane of said sheet, said sequins being held by filaments of the paper extending over the opposite flat sides of the sequins, the number `and density of such filaments being insuflicient to impair visibility of the individual sequins from either side of the tissue paper sheet.

4. An ornamented paper as deinedin claim 3, in which the maximum dimension of the sequins in the plane of the sheet is about l/s".

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 104,638 Pavy June 2-1, 1870 322,034 Beck July 14, 1885 447,336 `MaeDonough Mar. 3, 1891 681,074 Perkins Aug. 20, 1901 2,067,876 Campbell Jan. 12, 1937 2,400,544 Kline May 21, 1946 2,649,372 .Y Hills V Aug. 18, 1953 2,683,089 Y Reynolds July 6, 1954 FOREIGN PATENTS 2,649 Great Britain of 1802 237,828 Great Britain Aug. 6, 1925 OTHER REFERENCES Papermaking, by Dart Hunter, 1947, page 427, published by The Cresset Press, London. 

1. AN ORNAMENTED PAPER, COMPRISING: A FLAT TISSUE PAPER SHEET, AND A MULTIPLICITY OF SMALL, INDIVIDUAL SEQUINS OF A THICKNESS APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE THICKNESS OF THE TISSUE PAPER SHEET SET INTO THE TISSUE PAPER SHEET AND DISPOSED IN A PLANE COMMON TO SAID SHEET, SAID SEQUINS BEING HELD BY FILAMENTS OF THE PAPER EXTENDING OVER ONTO THE OPPOSITE SURFACES OF THE SEQUINS, THE NUMBER AND DENSITY OF SUCH FILAMENTS BEING INSUFFICIENT TO IMPAIR VISIBILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL SEQUINS FROM EITHER SIDE OF SAID TISSUE PAPER SHEET. 